Umbrella-case.



No. 636,450. Patented Nov. 7, I899. T. G. PERRY.

UMBRELLA CASE.

(Application filed Sept. 19, 1898.) (No Model.)

NITED STATES THOMAS CATE PERRY, OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS.

UMBRELLA-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,450, dated November'7, 1899. Application filed September 19, 1898. Serial No. 691,346- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS GATE PERRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sulphur Springs, in-the county of Hopkins and State ofTexas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella-Gases; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification.

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This invention relates to improvements in umbrella-cases, and has forits object to provide a useful and economical case within which a numberof umbrellas may be placed for exhibition purposes and also for storage.

A further object of this invention is to provide an economical case thatwill protect the umbrellas from exposure and at the same time renderthem readily accessible from all sides of the case.

The invention consists in the general con struction and arrangement ofthe various parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof my umbrellacase, illustrating the manner of supporting the umbrellastherein. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the interior frame upon which theumbrellas are supported, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thebase-supports in which the lower ends of the umbrellas are supportedwhen in a vertical position. Fig. i is a vertical section through Fig.1.

Like letters of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout thevarious figures.

The frame of the case A is preferably composed of wood, arranged tosupport the transparent panels a, b c d. The top of the frame comprisesthe two inclined doors a b, which. are hinged at a at the apex, so thatthey can be raised to give access to the interior from the top at eitherside, and the ends 0 d are hinged upon one side, furnishing doors thatmay be readily opened for convenience of inserting or removingumbrellas. At the interior of this inclosing case, comprising the frameA and the transparent panels, there is provided a support. (Shown indetail in Figs. 2 and 3.) At B the grooved pieces 6 and f are supportedin ahorizontal plane to receive the lower ends of the umbrellas, whichstand in a vertical position. At the upper end of the case, alsohorizontally supported, is the clamping-frame 0, arranged to receive theupper ends of the umbrellas between the loops 9. The latter are formedin the bends of two wires, which are interlaced across each other aboutas seen in Fig. 2 and secured upon the bars of the frame 0 in suchmanner as to cause the loops 9 to project beyond said bars and to standa sufficient distance from each other to admit the handles of theupright umbrellas. The grooved pieces e and f and the upper frame Careunited by suitable standards h j. These standards are preferablyarranged in pairs at the ends and center of the casing, each pair beingplaced nearer together at the top than at the bottom and having theiradjacent edges provided with notches or pins, as shown at Z m,respectively, as preferred. The notches or pins are arrangedsubstantially opposed to each other to receive the umbrellas, asillustrated at D and E, so that they will be held independent of eachother in a convenient position for display purposes, as well as toprevent them from being crowded together and pressed out of shape, as iscommonly the case where they are thrown together in large quantities.

It will be observed that the arrangement of this case provides a largecapacity for the reception of umbrellas and each one is ina po-.

sition to be seen from the exterior, and at the same time thearrangement and construction provide convenient access to each one ofthe umbrellas therein.

A striking feature of this invention is the fact that each umbrella,cane, or the like within the case can be removed by opening a door,grasping the handle of the umbrella, and drawing it longitudinally outof position without disturbing any other umbrella. This I accomplish byhaving doors 0 d at the ends for the removal of those umbrellas whichlie on the pins and stand horizontal and other doors a, b at the top forthe removal of those umbrellas which stand upright. The latter obviouslystand outside the horizontal umbrellas, but the observer can readily seeboth, as they are spaced to some slight extent.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that some slight modifications maybe made in the near the top, wires secured on this frame and 15 havingloops projecting laterally to the sides thereof, standards connectingthe grooved pieces with said frame and converging toward their upperends, and notches or pins in the inner edges of said standards, allsubstan- 2o tially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS GATE PERRY.

lVitnesses:

'1. F. GAFFORD, E. R. BRINKER.

